Identification

IDNO

SLE_2011_SLIHS_v01_M

Title

Integrated Household Survey 2011

Countries

Name

Code

Sierra Leone

SLE

Study notes

The general aim of the Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey (SLIHS) was to provide statistics on the living conditions of the people of Sierra Leone and to provide inputs to the government of Sierra Leone's policy making process. The study used consumption as the starting measure for household well-being and followed the standard in poverty analysis for developing countries.
The SLIHS was prepared as joint work by Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL) and the World Bank Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit. SSL had the major responsibility of conducting the survey.
The first chapter presents an overview of poverty, demographics, livelihoods, education, and health in Sierra Leone and measures progress in these indicators compared to the 2003 poverty assessment. The work was conducted as part of the poverty update and it included a series of policy notes with more detailed analysis. The objectives of the SLIHS include:

1. Provide benchmark poverty indicators against which the successes of the agenda for change (PRSP II) could be measured.
2. To measure the incidence of poverty alongside other indicators include providing information on patterns of household's consumption and expenditure at a greater level of disaggregation.
3. To provide data for the compilation of national accounts and computation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
4. In combination with earlier data this will give a data base for national and state planning and for the estimation of consumption as a proportion of household production.

The SLIHS was spread over a 12 month period in order to ensure a continuous recording of household consumption, expenditures and changes occurring thereof in 2011. A total of 9,671 Enumeration areas were selected and about 6,757 households were interviewed all over the country.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Version

Version

v01

Version date

2011-01-03

Coverage

Geographic coverage

National

Unit of analysis

- Household
- Individual

Producers and sponsors

Authoring entity

Name

Affiliation

Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL)

Government of Sierra Leone

Funding agencies

Name

Abbreviation

Government of Sierra Leone

GovSLE

Sampling

Sampling procedure

The Integrated Household Survey (SLIHS) was administered to a representative sample of households. A total of about 6,832 households were selected of which 6,767 households were interviewed.
The analytic work underlying this survey was produced in collaboration between Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL) and the World Bank. SSL adopted the local councils as the primary domain of study, this provided measures of levels of poverty and welfare at national and sub-national levels therefore addressing the recent strengths and weaknesses of government policies and programs. The census Enumeration area was used as a primary sampling unit (PSU) for the 2011 survey.
The survey used a two-stage sampling design from the 2004 census frame. At the first stage 9,671 enumeration areas were selected. At the second stage, 85 Households per EA were selected the statistics obtained from the sampling frame have no difference compared to the census report. This means that the sampling frame covers the whole country.

Response rate

95%

Data Collection

Dates of collection

Start

End

2011-01-03

2011-12-30

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Questionnaires

The SLIHS was comprised of a set of survey instruments. These were the following questionnaires:
1. Household Roster and Characteristics Questionnaire Part A
2. Household Consumption Expenditure and Income Questionnaire Part B

Data collector(s)

Name

Abbreviation

Affiliation

Statistics Sierra Leone

SSL

Government of Sierra Leone

Data access

Citation requirements

Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.